Interesting review of KJA's work


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We know. :wink:
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TheDukester wrote:...tactical miniatures...
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Is it mere title-hogging, or a misunderstanding of how game books are put together, or does it suggest they were looking over the designers' shoulders even more intrusively than the average licensor, perhaps then explaining why WotC declined to renew the agreement?
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I'd even go so far as to say that Brian was and is unaware his name is credited;
he signs whatever the lawyers tell him to sign .... this whole thing stinks of Spanky McDune ....
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I guess we'll see "game designer" added to his bio.
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The reviewer has it right: anytime there's a "celebrity" credit on a modern game, it's a vanity credit. That person did not sit around for months doing testing and editing.

In this particular case, it probably sounded like a good idea to everyone at the time. Last Unicorn might have thought they'd gain a bit of credibility by having the two authors of the new "Dune" books listed as editors; Keith will take any credit at any time (just think "record producer" if you ever doubt this); Bobo was probably not consulted at all (nor can he remember anything from the late 90s at this point); and the HLP cashed a check.

Sadly, the HLP also discovered that, upon reflection, they really don't like working on these smaller projects and that they'd be blocking all proposals from that point forward. They might as well have made up T-shirts saying "We're just in it for the movie."
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Seems I remember Spanky mentioning he had done some work for Wankers of the Coast on D&D but I could never find what it was. Perhaps they actually edited something for once and realized they didn't want anything else to do with him.
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That really made my day reading this. Almost as elating as when I heard somone refer to Stephenie Mayer as the Kevin J Anderson of vampires :D :lol:

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Kensai wrote:Stephenie Mayer as the Kevin J Anderson of vampires :D :lol:
Nice. :lol:
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